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树高千丈，叶落归根
树高千丈，叶落归根
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
- ，。
A tree thousands of feet tall, yet its fallen leaves return to the root.
- 貳名noun
fig. everything has its ancestral home
- 參名noun
in old age, an expatriate returns home
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 高(tall; high; tower; tall building)ASSOCIATIVE
A tall tower reaching high is drawn with a roof, gate, and stacked foundation layers piled on top of each other.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 丿(stroke; expansion; many)ASSOCIATIVE
- 十(ten)ASSOCIATIVE
Ten multiplied many times becomes a thousand — the stroke above the number ten symbolizes an enormous quantity.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 艹(grass; plant)RADICAL
- 洛(Luo River (sound and meaning of falling into water))PHONO-SEMANTIC
Leaves falling from a tree like water flowing in a river expresses the meaning of the character for falling.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 彐(broom (radical))RADICAL
- 刀(knife; blade)ASSOCIATIVE
Returning home with a broom and knife ready to clean and settle down.
树高千丈，叶落归根
Traditional樹高千丈，葉落歸根
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)
- ，。
A tree thousands of feet tall, yet its fallen leaves return to the root.
- 貳名noun
fig. everything has its ancestral home
- 參名noun
in old age, an expatriate returns home
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 高(tall; high; tower; tall building)ASSOCIATIVE
A tall tower reaching high is drawn with a roof, gate, and stacked foundation layers piled on top of each other.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 丿(stroke; expansion; many)ASSOCIATIVE
- 十(ten)ASSOCIATIVE
Ten multiplied many times becomes a thousand — the stroke above the number ten symbolizes an enormous quantity.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 艹(grass; plant)RADICAL
- 洛(Luo River (sound and meaning of falling into water))PHONO-SEMANTIC
Leaves falling from a tree like water flowing in a river expresses the meaning of the character for falling.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 彐(broom (radical))RADICAL
- 刀(knife; blade)ASSOCIATIVE
Returning home with a broom and knife ready to clean and settle down.
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